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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

council, in favor of the original holders thereof or their assignees,
for one hundred thousand dollars, bearing an interest of five per
cent per annum, payable quarter-yearly, said certificates to be is-
sued for not less than five hundred dollars each, to be transferable
on the books of the treasury, and redeemable in fifteen years at the
pleasure of the state; and the faith of the state is hereby pledged for
the payment of the said stock and interest.

Farmers' bank
debt.

2. And be it enacted, That the said treasurer be and he is
hereby directed and empowered, out of the money arising from the
sale of the stock aforesaid, to pay to the Farmers' Bank of Mary-
land, the debt of forty thousand dollars due by the state to said
bank.

Treasurer may

dispose of
stock.

3. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the western shore,
be, and he is hereby authorised to dispose of said stock at such time
or times, and on such terms, not inconsistent with the first section
of this act, as he may deem most advantageous to the state.

Felony to forge.

4. And be it enacted, That it shall be deemed and taken to be
felony, to forge or counterfeit any certificate of said stock, or letter
of attorney for the transfer thereof; and any person so offending
shall be held liable to the same penalties anil forfeitures as are at
present attached to the forgery or counterfeiting bank notes in this
state.

Passed Feb. 22,
1822.

Courts of in-
quiry may re-
port--neglect.

CHAPTER 205.

An additional supplement to an act for the better regulation of the
Militia of the city of Baltimore.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Man/land,
That the courts of inquiry as constituted by the twenty second sec-
tion of the act to which this is a supplement, shall have power to re-
port not only the commanding officers, but any of the officers with-
in their respective brigades, who may have infringed or neglected or
refused to comply with the provisions of said act; and the said
courts of inquiry shall make their reports as aforesaid respectively
on or before the first day of March in each year; and if the said
courts shall neglect or refuse to comply with this or any part of the
said section, each member of the same shall be fined not exceeding
thirty dollars in the discretion of such court martial, as the case may

Proviso.

require: Provided, that the same is not repugnant to other sections
of the act to which this is supplement.

Officers in-
fringing.

2. And be it enacted, That if any officer shall infringe or ne-
glect or refuse to comply with the provision of the twenty-seventh
section of the act to which this is a supplement, he shall be liable to
be fined not exceeding thirty dollars in the discretion of such court
martial, as the case may require.

May suspend
adoption of Bri-
gade uniform—
bands.

3. And be it enacted, That the brigadier-general of each bri-
gade, with their commanding officers of regiments and extra batta-
lion, or a majority of them, may suspend in their respective brigades,
for the term of two years, under such modifications as they may
judge advisable, the adoption of the brigade uniform as establish-
ed under said act; and the said officers of each brigade respectively,
or a majority of them, may prescribe uniforms for bands, and may
alter such parts of the established uniform as they may deem pro-

Proviso.

per: Provided, such alteration shall not extend to a smaller body
than an entire regiment or extra battalion.